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Prawn Nebula

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IC 4628 – Emission Nebula in Scorpius – SHO w/RGB stars v1

“Second” light of the new IAS remote telescope at Hakos, Namibia, featuring IC 4628, the Prawn Nebula in Scorpius. (Actually taken while on-site in June. ;-)

Details at Astrobin.

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Solar Storm Aurora

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Solar Storm Aurora #1

You don’t get this often: colorful aurora at 51° latitude, north-east of Cologne, Germany. A strong solar storm is currently impacting Earth.

Das sieht man auch nicht alle Tage: Polarlichter in allen Farben über den ganzen Himmel bei heimischer 51° Breite, nordöstlich von Köln. Ein massiver Sonnensturm trifft gerade auf die Erde.

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Total Solar Eclipse 2024 – Inverted Corona

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Total Solar Eclipse 08 Apr 2024 – Corona Composite Inverted v2

Different processing of the corona exposure series, using PixInsight’s FFTRegistration script to align the images, which worked rather well.

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Total Solar Eclipse 2024 – Corona Composite

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Total Solar Eclipse 08 Apr 2024 – Corona Composite v1

Another image from the total solar eclipse of 08 Apr 2024, a highly processed HDR composite of the corona, using 13 x 2 exposures from 1/1000 to 4 s.

There was a bit of a focus problem which I noticed only when reviewing the telephoto frames. Thus, my TSE 2024 shots aren’t as sharp as they could be.

Location:
Pocahontas, Missouri, USA
Longitude 37° 29′ 56.412″ N, latitude 89° 38′ 34.074″ W, altitude 183 m (Xavier’s Google Maps tool)
Longitude 37° 29.9295′, latitude -89° 38.5659′, altitude 189 m (GPS reading Eclipse Orchestrator Pro)
Timezone CDT = UT – 5h

Again many, many thanks to the great local communicty, in particular Doris and Jim.

Circumstances (Eclipse Orchestrator Pro):
Duration 4m 08s
C1 – 17:42:01 UT – 12:42:01 CDT
C2 – 18:58:22 UT – 13:58:22 CDT – 13:58:22 camera time
C3 – 19:02:30 UT – 14:02:30 CDT – 14:02:29 camera time
C4 – 20:17:29 UT – 15:17:29 CDT – 15:17:29 camera time

Total Solar Eclipse 2024 – 1 of 3

Total Solar Eclipse 08 Apr 2024 – Corona

First batch of images from the Total Solar Eclipse of 08 April 2024. Many, many thanks to the nice community at Pocohontas, Missouri, USA for having us.

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Barnard 35

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Barnard 35 – Dark Nebula in Orion – IAS Remote Telescope, Hakos, Namibia – Jan 2024 – LHaRGB v1

Another astro image with data from the IAS remote telescope, Barnard 35, a dark nebula in Orion. Nothern hemisphere form southern skies, or the other way round? ;-)

More details at Astrobin.

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Shai-Hulud Nebula ;-)

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Shai-Hulud Nebula ;-) – CG 4 – Cometary Globule in Puppis – IAS Remote Telescope, Hakos, Namibia – Jan 2024 – LHaRGB v1

Another CG in Puppis, also called “God’s Hand” trying to snatch PGC21338, but for me it looks more like a sandworm.

More details at Astrobin.

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